No time for a long diary today, but I wanted to pass along
this depressing front-page story from today's Des Moines Register.
22-year-old Sgt. Casey Byers died on June 11. His 19-year-old brother, Justin, was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq this fall. Justin put on a brave face as the family's spokesman following Casey's death and wrote in a statement that he knew Casey was proud of what he died for. Then, this past Monday night, Justin purposely stepped in front of a pickup truck and ended his own life.
Oh, and by the way: this related story notes that Casey never got to meet his 5-month-old daughter before he died in Iraq. I hate the Bushies so, so much.